DUI patrols, sobriety checkpoints planned through Monday

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation along with area police departments will be conducting "Operation Safe Holiday" -- a campaign to stop DUI during the holiday, according to a news release.

Sobriety checkpoints and roving DUI patrols started Wednesday and last through 6 p.m. Monday, according to PennDOT.

There were more than 4,200 crashes and 49 fatalities in Pennsylvania, last year during the period, which includes the weekends before and after the holiday, the release states. More than 520 of those crashes were alcohol-related, resulting in 23 deaths.

In conjunction with the DUI patrols, police are also conducting "Click It or Ticket" seat belt enforcement through Dec. 2.

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